McCarty model with 58/15 pickups and pattern vintage profile
After painstaking planning and research to develop a new and flexible guitar model of the Core series, the renowned Maryland-based guitar maker presented the PRS McCarty 594 just in time for the 20th anniversary of the Private Stock program, analyzing the individual components of the instrument from pickup equipment to saddle material to create the most resonant and versatile electric guitar possible. The PRS McCarty Singlecut 594 Faded Whale Blue with the golden scale length of 24,594" combines the magic of classic vintage instruments with modern features and convinces with adapted 58/15 LT humbuckers with coil tap function, revised Phase III tuners and the new pattern vintage neck profile.
The PRS McCarty 594 with revised Pattern Vintage profile.
Vintage Neck Pattern
Those who know the classic pattern profile of PRS instruments will feel comfortable: The new Pattern Vintage profile takes over the classic aspects of the popular shaping and gets a little more wood behind the fretboard and a slightly asymmetrical cut. Accordingly, the bass side of the neck is slightly thicker, while the underside is narrower and cuts a good figure both in the'baseball glove' of the blues and in a classic position.
Of course, the McCarty Singlecut 594 also features a breathtakingly grained and two-part laminated maple top on a mahogany body. The ceiling with accurate bookmatching is finished with an elaborate natural binding of the ceiling wood, while the light blue faded whale blue finish skilfully highlights contrasts of the flame and grain.
PRS Two-Piece TOM Bridge and 58/15 LT Humbucker.
85/15 LT Humbucker & Phase III Tuner
The still young 58/15 humbucker has become an important part of the distinctive PRS sound and relies on the company's 30 years of experience. With the McCarty 594, standard treble and bass pickups in the low-turn version with a lower number of windings on both coils were used for the first time in 1985 to ensure a balanced output and a good balance between neck and bridge as well as between the individual coils. Both pickups can be separately switched to coil tap mode for clear single coil sounds via push/pull tone potentiometers.
With the Phase III tuners in the tweaked version, the team around Paul Reed Smith presents the latest generation of open locking tuners. The Tweaked Phase III tuners have been extended by another screw, which tightens the gearwheel and worm and allows a more direct resonance transmission of the string into the instrument. Otherwise the tuners work like the previous Phase III tuners when changing strings or tuning.
Overview of the PRS McCarty 594 Faded Whale Blue:
PRS Core USA McCarty Singlecut 594
serial number 17 242012
24,594" scale
58/15 Low Turn Humbucker
2 volume and 2 tone controls with push/pull function for coil tap sounds
